Secret White House Tapes

252–5

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252–5
  • President Richard M. Nixon
  • Henry A. Kissinger
April 21, 1971
Conversation No. 252-5

Date: April 21, 1971
Time: Unknown between 2:42 pm and 2:54 pm
Location: Executive Office Building

The President talked with Henry A. Kissinger

People’s Republic of China [PRC] ping pong team’s upcoming visit
-John A. Scali
-United States Information Agency [USIA]
-State Department
-Instructions to Kissinger
-Scali’s role
-State Department
-Kissinger and Scali
-Culture exchange
-State Department
-USIA
-Frank J. Shakespeare
-William T. Gossett
-Marriage to daughter of Chief Justice Charles E. Hughes
-President’s policies
-Press
-State Department
-Marshall Green
-H. R. (“Bob”) Haldeman
-Scali
-PRC
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NIXON PRESIDENTIAL MATERIALS STAFF

Tape Subject Log
(rev. 9/08)




United Nations

Kissinger’s forthcoming meeting with Scali
-Ping pong team visit
-State Department
-President’s instructions to Kissinger
-Need for subtlety
-Gossett
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